Definition of coelenterata Coelenterata
Coe•len•ter•a•ta
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What does coelenterata mean?
WordNet
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| coelenterata - hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals | ||
| Cnidaria, phylum Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Coelenterata | ||
| phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | ||
| metazoa, subkingdom metazoa multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system | ||
| cnidarian, coelenterate radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | ||
| polyp one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase" | ||
| medusan, medusoid, medusa one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | ||
| class scyphozoa, scyphozoa coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes | ||
| jellyfish any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | ||
| class hydrozoa, hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coelenterata (n. pl.)
A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coelenterata
sē-len-ter-ā′ta, n. the technical name for the second lowest alliance of many-celled animals—radially symmetrical, without any body-cavity distinct from the alimentary tube.—adj. Cœlen′terāte. [Gr. koilos, hollow, and enteron, intestine.]
Part of speech
🔤- coelenterata, noun, singular of coelenteratas / coelenteratae.
